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List of Figures…………………………………………………………………………………………….xi List of Tables…………………………………………………………………………………………… xiii Preface……………………………………………………………………………………………………….xv Acknowledgements………………………………………………………………………………….xix Author………………………………………………………………………………………………………xxi List of Acronyms…………………………………………………………………………………… xxiii 1. Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………………1 2. All Power Is Conditional Unless Its Absolute……………………………………9 3. Assurance…………………………………………………………………………………………..33 4. Average Power in Non-Normal Settings……………………………………………59 5. Bayesian Power………………………………………………………………………………….75 6. Prior Distributions of Power and Sample Size………………………………….87 7. Interim Predictions…………………………………………………………………………..101 8. Case Studies in Simulation……………………………………………………………… 113 9. Decision Criteria in Proof-of-Concept Trials……………………………………127 10. Surety and Assurance in Estimation………………………………………………..149 References……………………………………………………………………………………………….161 Appendix 1 Evaluation of a Double Normal Integral……………………………..171 Appendix 2 Besags Candidate Formula…………………………………………………173 Index……………………………………………………………………………………………………….175
